Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kiss_of_death

1 sense of kiss of death

Sense 1
kiss of death -- (something that is ruinous; "if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career")
       => calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")